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THE WEATHER
Fair and warmer tonight
and Thursday.
voL. xxxm.
PLATFORM BUILDERS
HEW THEIR PLANKS
Conference to Get Under Way With Arrival of
Senator Glass at ’Frisco.
WOMEN PLAN LOS ANGELES MEETING
JENKINS WILL NOMINATE MeADOO
PUEBLO, Colo., June 23. —“We have decided definitely to place
McAdoo in nomination "without his consent. We shall ‘draft’ him.
. “He is physically in fine condition and can not refuse the nomi
nation.’’
This statement was given to the press here today by Burris Jen
kins of Kansas City on arrival of the “Houn’ Dawg" special from
Kansas City.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 23. —Platform conferences are to begin here
among democratic leaders immediately after the arrival of Carter Glass
today.
Senator Glass, who is expected to head the resolutions committee, is
reported bringing with him the draft of a platform bearing the approval
of President Wilson.
Glass conferred with Wilson before leaving Washington.
Glass’ arrival stimulates interest iu
ike three platform planks concerning
which there may be disputes before toe
resolutions committee and perhaps be
fore the convention.
These are the league of nations, pro
hibition and the Irish planks.
W. J. Bryan served notice he will tight
the administration forces on both the
league and prohibition Issues.
He declared the democrats dare not
go to the country on a plank unquali
fiedly indorsing the league &s President
Wilson submitted it to the senate.
Leaders here predict Bryan will be
decisively defeated in the resolutions
committee and that a plank will be
adopted based on that written by the
democrats of Virginia.
The Virginia platform uses this lan
guage with reference to the league:
“We advocate prompt ratification of the
treaty without reservations which
would Impair its essential integrity.’’
MAJORITY CONSIDER
LIQUOR ISSUE DEAD.
Bryan also wanta a plank affirming
the party’s snpport of national prohibi
tion.
In that he Is to be vigorously opposed
by wet forces beaded by Gov. Edward I.
Edwards of New Jersey who favors a
personal liberty platform.
Both the wets and drys will find op
position from a great number of dele
gates who believe that in view of the
court's rnliug on prohibition
question is settled and should not
be touched upon by the democratic plat
form.
As to the Irish plank, there is a very
general feeling among leaders and dele
gates who are on the ground that some
general, noncommittal expression ot
sympathy for Irish nationalist aspira
tions might well be included in the plat
form, but a wrangle threatens over the
form of the plank.
Some bald the view that Ireland's
hope of freedom lies In the league oi
nations and that any reference to Irish
should be conpled with the de
■Mffl4-<g>-sOgcatioiT Os t&e-TWStfc
MBg
An active lobby will he on the ground
late this week to Insist that an Irish
plank be adopted.
WOMEN TO MEET
IN LOS ANGELES.
Representatives of the League of
Women Voters will hold a conference In
Los Angeles to draw up a series of
planka which they will submit to the
democratic convention for inclusion in
the national platform.
These planks will include: Indepen
dent citizenship for married women;
®**jUtl°n of child labor; universal edu-
Lfv” If- hygiene and a compre-
department for education; in
i' creased federal support of training in
I home economics and reclassification of
I federal civil service.
Among those who will attend the con
fetence are Mrs. Richard Edwards and
Miss Adah Bush of Indiana.
Democratic women delegates and of
ficials also have begun to formulate ten
tative planks, including such provisions
as abolition of child labor, increased
pay for teachers and continuation of war
time protection for women in industry.
MeADOO BOOM
WON’T STAY DEAD.
Counting William G. MoAdoo and
President Wilson—and no list of demo
cratic presidential possibilities is con
/ sidered by the party men now here to
be complete without the names of both
- there are-pretty nearly a score of can
didates. in the open or potential, al
ready under consideration.
Alphabetically there are Bryan, Cox,
Olgrk, Cummings, Davis, Edwards, Glass,
Gerard, Hitchcock, MoAdoo, Marshall,'
Meredith, Owen, Palmer, Payne, Sim
mons and W llson to name those most
frequently mentioned here.
The MoAdoo boom has refused to stay
dead.
Finished, dead and buried though
MoAdoo himself insists his boom must
be considered, the managers of other
candidates now here drumming up sup
port for their men keep on talking of
McAdoo.
In the same breath they treat him as
a dead one and yet as one still to be
watched.
“McAdoo,” they say, “is entirely out
of the race. Whatever support lie ever
had, Is now gone, spilt up among the
other candidates. But If McAdoo’s name
Is presented to the convention ” i
GENERALLY BELIEVE
HE'LL BE NOMINATED.
The general belief here since the Mc
■ Adoo-Bhouse telegram, is that MeAdoo’s
will be presented to the demo
cracy convention here and will be
voted on.
A# to w hat will happen then, opinion
is divided.
Some declare that after the first bal
two, when McAdoo will receive
a complimentary and scattering vote, his
name will disappear. Others say along
about the eighth ballot or so McAdoo
will be put across with a rush just as
Senator Harding was In Chicago.
WOMAN TO VOTE
FOR WILSON
SAN FRANCISCO, June 2.’s.—Announce- 1
meat was made here today by Miss Mary
Fsjpof Los Angeles that she would cast j
Wr yote as a delegare for Woodrow Wil
son for the democratic nominee for pres
ident.
Miss Foy, recognized as one of the most
able women leaders in the party, was
positive In her determination to present
name of the president to the conven-
P^^urtherm->re ehe intends to suggest to
the convention that a strong vice presl
l 'ICTiUaI candidate be named, and that
If President Mail son is elected he may |
retire and turn the office over to the
vice president or be may continue to ,
hold office and turn many of the bur- j
i dens of his office over to the vice presi
dent. ~-
IT don't know what the effect of my
action will be,” Miss Foy said. "but i
I (Continued an Fag* Two.)
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’Nother Quake Wakes
’Em Up in Far West
LOS ANGELES, June 23—Another
earthquake shook Los Angeles at 4:30
a. m. today.
The quake was violent enough to
awaken sleepers, but did no appreciable
damage to property.
N. Y. Telegraph Goes
to 10 Cents Per Copy
NEW YORK, June 28.—Owing to
increased cost of labor and materials
the New York Morning Telegraph
will sell at 10 cents a copy. It was
announced today. The week day edi
tion price has been 5 rents. The
Sunday edition will remain as at
present at 10 cents.
No, It’s Not a Bet
2IE
Members of the Marion club probably
will raise beards.
No they are not raising whiskers be
cause they owe an election bet.
The members of this popular repub
lican club are not short of money to pay
for a shave even If barbers do charge
23 cents for them.
There is a much better reason for the
members of the Marion club raising
whiskers.
James Madison, barber at the Marion
rirti4 -to tbw that
Some person stole three razors and a
pair of clippers from the club barber
■hop and until Madison obtains anew
supply of tools It will be necessar” for
the Marion club members to raise
whiskers.
Ft. Wayne Bakers
Boost Bread Prices
FT. WAYNE, Ind., June 23—The
wholesale price of bread has been
advanced V.i cent a pound at all the
local bakeries, making the price 12 and
17 cents per loaf, as against the for
mer price of 11 and 10 cents.
Bakers say that they have been
obliged to operate at a loss for the
past eighteen mouths.
Mrs. Thomas G. Winter
New Chief of Women
DES MOINES, la.. June 23—The Gen
eral Federation of Women's Clubs meet
ing here elected Mrs. Thomas G. Win
ter of Minneapolis as its president, ac
cording to announcement today of the
vote cast Tuesday.
Mrs. Winter received 770 votes against
471 cast for Miss Georgia Bacon of
Worcester, Mass.
Report Judge Harvey
Much Better Today
Attending physicians report the condi
tion of Judge Lawson M. Harvey, justice
of the supreme court of Indiana, who col
lapsed In his office yesterday, much im
proved today.
While Judge Harvey probably will not
be able to return to his office before the
adjournment of the supreme court next
Friday, it is thought that he will be able
to leave his home soon.
Supreme Court Opens
Doors on Profiteers
WASHINGTON, June 23. Application
for injunction by the C. A. Week & Cos.
and the Sultzbqyh Clothing Company,
both of Buffalo. N. Y., to restrain the
department of Justice from further prose
cutlon under the Lever act, was denied
by Justice Day of the United States Su
preme court, the department of justice
announced today.
The case was heard at Canton, O.’
Denial of the injunction leaves (Uo
department of justice free to proceed
with prosecutions of profiteers under
the Lever act.
’Twas One-Man Riot
A riot call at the Hoosler Inn, 440 Mas
sachusetts avenue, which place is better
known as the Avenue hotel, resulted it:
sending the emergency squad aud other
police to that place late yesterday after
noon.
After nil the police had crowded
through the doorway they arrested Ar
thur Cline. 30, of Lebanon, Ind., on the
charges of drunkenness and assault and
battery, and William C. Gunnn, manager
of the Hoosler inn, for assault and but
tery.
The argument, the police were told,
was about some women, and Cline is
alleged to hav> threatened Mrs. Francis
Bell, proprietor of the hotel, with l
bottle when Giimm Is said to have en
tered the room, and the bnttle started, i
An Interurban conductor who was with
Cline Is alleged to have taken an active
part in the battle, but escaped before
the police arrived.
Haitu Witnt&
Marshall Has Fun
at Delmonte While
Political Pot Boils
Vice President Smokes Big
Black Cigars and Refuses
to Be Serious.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 23—Out in
Delmonte, Cal., in a big hotel, is a gray
little man who smokes big, black cigars
and chuckles constantly.
He finds fun in everything.
Apparently ho thinks there is fun in
being vice president.
Evidently he expects to find enjoyment
in the nig democratic convention which
opens Monday.
Cndoubtedly there is no man now in
California, nor will there be one before
July 4, who is or will be more person
ally Interested in what this convention
will do than this same gray little man
with twinkling eyes.
In San Francisco one can find dozens
of serious men.
They do not have the same personal
Interest, but they are taking the situa
tion seriously.
They are milling about the lobbies of
the big hotels, issuing statements, guess
ing, figuring and wondering.
What is to be done about President
Wilson and his league?
What about the liquor question and
the Irish question?
What about William G. McAdoo. Sena
tor Owen, Gov. Cox, Gov. Edwards and
all the rest?
They have given little consideration to
the man at Delmonte, who chuckles over
It all.
OCT THERE AS V. P.
AND OFFICIAL DELEGATE.
While the dopesters lu the big city have
given little consideration to this man.
there Is a quiet little boom being fostered
here, and before the balloting is very
old It Is predicted Vice President Thomas
Riley Marshall will swing into the field.
He Is taking no part in the conversa
tion, but there Is no question that he Is
as serious a candidate for the place as
any of those whose names have gone
forth as real contenders.
“I am here officially as vice president
of the United States, and a delegate to
this convention,” Mr. Marshall said.
“I am looking on. but saying little.
I have been locked up at Washington
for a long time, and perhaps 1 have
failed to grasp just what the people
want.”
That sounded serious. The next mo
ment developed the joke.
“I am beginning to learn, however,” j
he continued. “I find that most of them
want money, more money.”
His long black cigar (hot ceilingward ;
and a twinkle came into his merry eyes.
He glanced about the room. It was
the most beautifully appointed room in j
one of the most expensive hotels on the i
coast.
SAY’S ‘J. HAM" HAS
THE RIGHT IDEA.
“I see that J. Hamilton Lewis Is run- j
ning for vice president on his own plat- j
form," he went on.
“I think every man should have the
right to run for president, on his own
platform.”
On the big questions that are to come j
before the convention, Mr. Marshall has j
very liberal view*.
It is his philosophy that there are !
two sldea to every question, and every j
tna>i should be given his say.
“Every sheet of paper has two sldea
no matter how thin It Is,” he ssys,
chuckling.
There are those in San Francisco who i
believe this jovial human has talked
himself out of a chance of being nomi
nated.
Recently upon reaching this city, he
was quoted lu the newspapers ns suy
< Continued on Page Two.)
TWO BIG FIRES
HIT BALTIMORE
Blazes in Wholesale District
Cause $1,500,000 Loss.
BALTIMORE, June 23. Fire starting
in a building at 37 Hopkins place, in
the same block where the great fire of
1904 had Its origin, caused a general
alarm to be sent in early today, spread
to four adjacent buildings, gave fire
fighters a hard battle for several hours
and cause.! a loss which may reach
¥1400,000.
The building where the fire started wss
occupied by a number of wholesale cloth
ing firms.
The fire followed a mysterious explo- j
sion.
A number of firemen were overcome
and received minor Injuries.
It was the second disastrous fire in the
wholesale district within a space of ten
hours, the first blaze starting In the
"even-story Darby building at Baltimore !
and Howard streets, causing a loss to
property and merchandise estimated at ;
$500,006.
Amerians in Persia
Are Reported Safe
WASHINGTON, June 23.—A1l Amer
icans in Persia, Including those In mis
sionary work, are safe, the state depart
ment was advised today by the Amer
ican legation at Teheran, rupltal of j
Persia.
Hoosier Delegation to ’Frisco
Happy Crowd of Excursionists
By ROBERT A. BUTLER.
ON BOARD DEMOCRATIC CLUB SPECIAL, AT SALT LAKE CITY.
—The Indiana delegation is approaching San Francisco with an open mind.
In fact, its collective mind is so completely open that politics is a sub
ject almost taboo on this train. No one appears to have any very definite
conception of the purpose of going to San Francisco and a real live presi
dential candidate with a winning manner could get considerable of an
ovation were he to join the delegation and advertise himself.
Two significant things happened dur
ing the trip from Indianapolis to the
Rockies.
Sid Kahn of Ligonier got up early
Sunday morning and plastered the spe
cial cars with pictures of Edward I. Ed
wards ami they quietly and gracefully
disappeared before the diner was open.
No one heard any more about Ed
wards.
RAILROAD MEN
ALL OK ONE MIND.
A group including George Purcell of
the Vincennes Sun sat on the observation
end of the train and made It a point to
inquire the sentiment of tlie railroad men
along the line as to the presidential nom
ination.
Without exception the railroad men re
plied :
“We are for McAdoo!”
Natives of the various towns through
which the train passed generally ex
pressed a “deep sea” attitude. A great
many were expressing regret that Wil
liam G. McAdoo would not allow his
INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1920.
BLAMES TIED .
HANDS FOR BAD
PHONE SERVICE
Expert Testifies Months Re
quired to Undo Damages
of Last Three.
RAPS WAGES OF GIRLS
j Service of the Indiana Bell Telephone
I Company has been so damaged in the
last three months that It will take years
! to remedy it, said M. D. Atwater, head
I of the service department of the public
! service commission, during his eross-
I examination today In the hearing before
j the commission of the petition of the In
i diana Belle Telephone Company to ln
| crease Its local rates.
| The statement was In reply to a ques
' tion as to whether he believed the com
pany deliberately Is causing service to
be damaged.
Later, In response to a question, he
sold he did not believe that wrecking
by the company wss confined to any
! part of the state, but that there was a
general tiring of hands,
j He said that service is very bad now
j and that would Indicate something Is
' wrong with the management.
In response to a question by one of the
objectors to the proposed rates as to
whether he had direct or indirect know!-
; edge that Edward Bloom, president of
the company, had said he would never
spend another cent in Indiana until
, grnnted a raise In rates, he said “yes.”
When a request was made for lnfor
i niatlon as to where and how he had ot*
i tained this Information, It wss decided
■ by the commission that he was not re
i qnired to answer.
NO SHORTAGE OF
GIRL OPERATORS.
When asked as no the shortage of girl
operators, he said there was no need
! for a shortage, for the work was agree
able and much pleasanter than factor*
work.
In response to a question as to what
he thought of the wages, he said the
girls do not receive a high enough sal
ary, and that both the girls and the
men should be paid higher—that Is,
those who actually do the work.
Telephone service In Indianapolis haa
been worse during the last two weeka
than it was early in February before the
present high rates became effective, Mr.
Atwater testified last night.
Mr. Atwater told of some of his ex
periences in making tests of service pro
vided by the Indiana Bell In this and a
number of other cities In the state, by
himself and a number of assistant* and
introduced In evidence a number of let
ters of complaints that had been received.
He explained first that they had been
Instructed to be fair In every way and
accurate In their investigations.
Previously to the order of the com
mission of February i). ho explained, he
hail made similar tests in this city.
CABLES NOT USED
TO CAPACITY.
lie Introduced In evidence a dst of
telephone cables In Indianapolis and
vicinity and said the showing generally
as to cable capacity did not indicate
the cables are being used to their maxi
mum capacity.
Ho spoke of complaints received rela
tive to service and the method bjr which
these were bandied, first caking up the
offices of the telephone company anu
following up the telephoning in most In
stances with letters. He said he had
called up Mr. Wauipler, Mr. Pritchard
and Mr. Watson.
In speaking of his experlene. • at the
offices of the company, he said the re
plies usually were evasive: such ns, that
the matter would be looked Into; that
It would be si-en what could be done,
(Continued en I’age Two.)
LOVE IS SCORNED,
HE FAKES HOLDUP
Because he desired to learn the ad
dress of the woman whom he has been
courting for two years without success.
Henry Bittner, 520 Abbott street, todsy
admitted be had framed up a story
about having beeu shot by a holdup
man under the track elevation on West
street last night.
Someone called police headquarters
and asked about the condition of Bitt
ner.
The desk sergeant, who said he didn't
know Bittner was sick, then was In
formed Bittner bad been shot.
Lieut. Ball was assigned to Investi
gate.
He found Bittner swathed In bandages
through which blood showed.
There was a strong odor of mustard
oil and there were medicine bottles ou \
a chair beside Ills b-d.
Lieut. Ball decided here was an In- !
Jured man if there ever was one.
He, examined him closely and dis
covered his hands were covered with a
red. substance, apparently ink.
So were the bandages.
Then Bittner was persuaded to tell
his story.
He said he had been In love with his j
brother’s widow, Florence Bittner, for ■
two years, but that she had scorned
hi* attentions and that she had recently j
moved, falling to tell him where she ,
was going.
He said he expected her daughter to I
call at his home this afternoon and I
that he expected her to tell her mother :
ot his condition, moving her to sym
pathy so that she would call to see him.
friends to place his name before the con
vention.
Others soberly declared that the former
treasurer was taking the proper course In
refusing to permit a fight, for the nom
ination.
They insisted that McAdoo could not
refuse to run if his party asked him to
and they expected the’party to do the
asking.
Comment in the various papers re
ceived along (he line was all of one ac
cord—“McAdoo Is the strongest man
the democrats have.”
But the Indiana delegation is enjoy
ing itself and is letting no thoughts of
! the convention interfere with its pleas
| ure.
! At Denver the special arrived four
| hours ahead of schedule.
| TO TRADE—GARBAGE
PLANT FOR A COLISEUM.
I Among the places visited was the Den-
Iver coliseum, where a number of IndJ
anapolis men, at the suggestion of W.
iL. Elder. apenU some Urns examining
l (Continual on fs* TwoJ
Speaks Tonight
WILLIAM E. (“PUSSYFOOT”) JOHNSON.
This Internationally famous foe w>
booze arrived in Indianapolis today ard
CHILD LAY DEAD;
FATHER AT SHOW
Wife Says Man Heat Her in
Return for Kiss.
Charlotte E. McOsthey. an Indianapo
lis public school teacher, in a suit for
dlvcrce filed today in superior court,
room 4, alleges that her husband, Daniel
McGathey, refused to attend the funeral
of their two day-old child and went to
a carnival on the nlgbt of Its death.
Mrs. McGathey charges cruel and in
human treatment on the part of her
huaband.
Amog the things with "fWrt she
charges him are breaking dishes, made
' her walk to town by re" using to give
her carfare, failure to provide proper
food, bent her severely when she tried
j to greet him with a kiss upon bis re
\ turn from work, taking al’ the bed cov
ers. Improper marital rein*. >ns and in
sanitary conduct in their home.
The McGatheya, who were married
May 17, 1919, and separated Feb. 6, 1920,
formerly lived at 66 LeGrande avenue.
LEGION TO HOLD
BIG CONVENTION
3,500 Delegates to Meet at
Cleveland Sept. 27-29.
The-call for the second national con
vention of the American legion, to be
held at Cleveland Kept. 27, 28 and 29,
and which approximately 3,500 delegates
and alternates In addition to some 10.-
000 visiting legionaries anil their fam
tiles are expected to attend, was issued
from legion national headquarters here
today.
Representation in the convention will
be by state departments, each depart
ment being entitled to five delegates and
one additional delegate for each 1,000
members fully paid up by that depart
ment, according to the books of the
national treasurer at the close of busi
ness Aug. 28. 1920.
Each department also Is entitled to a
number of alternates equal to the num
ber of its delegates, but alternates will
have power to vote only tn the absence
of the regular delegates.
The convention Is called to elect of
ficers, amend the national constitution
and truusa-'t business.
The terra of office of the present na
tional executive committee will exjjtre
with the adjournment of the convention
and the new committee will convene
within twenty-four hours after.
Members of both old and new commit
tees are expected to attend this meeting
and one to be held by the old committee,
probably Sept. 25.
Each delegation may be accompanied <
to the convention by such members of j
the legion and their families as It sees i
fit to Invite.
As far as space will permit, tickets to I
(he convention will be issued to each de- j
partment delegation for the convenience
of these guests.
JAMESON AGAINST
REROUTING CARS
Tells Realtors Move Unwise at
Present Time.
A letter from Dr. Henry Jameson In i
regard to the downtown street -car re- j
routing was read at the noon luncheon
of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board to- I
day.
The letter stated that Is was unwise |
to reroute the cars before the Virginia !
avenue tracks are completed.
A discussion was held by the realtors j
as to how the Virginia avenue situation ;
could affect the car rerouting.
# __________ __
Suit Filed Asking
$47,000 Garnishment
Bond and undertaking in a suit ask
ing for garnishment of $47,000, filed by
the Bankers Securities Company against
Arthur L. Nelsler, In superior court 3,
were filed by the plaintiff today.
George L. Denny, agent and attorney
for the plaintiff, alleges that the Union j
Trust Company Is holding for Nelsler j
347,000 subject to garnishment.
The banking firm claims It loaned Neis
ler the money In a partnership arrange
ment. secured by notes, and that Nels
ler has placed with the Union Trust
Company property and money subject
to lb* claim* ot the plain Off.
Rubscrlntlon Rates' t ßy Carrler * Week, Indianapolis. 10<\; Elsewhere, 12c.
Subscription ttatea. } By Ma „ DOo Per Month . | B 00 P#r Y ar.
will speak at a meeting at Tomlinson
halt tonight.
Women to Have
Own Convention
WASHINGTON. June 23.—The na
tional woman’s party will call a con
vention of women voters to decide
on an election policy, Alice I*aul,
leader of the militant suffragist*. an
nounced today.
The convention will be held In one
of three suffrage cities- Chicago, San
Francisco or Denver—afid the call
for It will be Issued shortly.
The convention will decide whether
the party wll r center Its activities tn
the campaign against the republicans
or Indorse a third party movement
and send speakers and workers out
to fight both the republicans and
• 4hmorra(.
CITIZENS DEFEAT
THEIR OWN PLANS
Works Board Refuses Lights
for Virginia Avenue.
A petition of Virginia avenue prop
erty owners asking that lights be placed
1 on both sides of the avenue from South
| street to Fountain square was presented
to the board of public works today.
Several of the same petitioners only a
short time ago signed a remonstrance
against the improvement of the avenue
j along the same stretch and the board
I said It did not feel thit it would be
justified In granting a petition for the
establishment of the lighting system In
! light of that fact.
The board said that It had entertained
hopes of making Virginia avenue the
j gateway to the south part of the city.
, but that it could not be done unless the
! co-operation of the property owners
I could be obtained.
, DIFFERENCE
COMES IN EXPENSE.
The board said the only difference be
tween wanting the improvement of the
j street and lighting system was that the
j one would have to be paid for by the
; property owner directly, while the other
was paid for directly by the city.
Continual complaints about the con
dition of Virginia avenue come In, the
board snld 1 , evidently from the same
parties who signed the remonstrance.
Thomas Walters, superintendent of the
street cleaning department, was ordered
by the hoard to gather up all the wooden
sidewalk approaches.
Business men on the corner of Illi
nois and Sixteenth afreets, represented
by Harold Taylor, attorney, remon
strated against any action of the board
toward the cutting off of the northwest
corner of Illinois and Sixteenth streets,
t.i order to eliminate the Jog In the
streets.
The Holton place bridge over the canal
was condemned and ordered closed on
grounds that In Its present condition It
Is unsafe.
BOARD TRANSACTS
ROUTINE (YORK.
Plans were ordered for the opening
and widening of the Intersection of the
first alley north of North street and the
first alley east of Oxford street.
The contract for the paving ’of Chad
wick street from Wilkins street to Mor
ris street was awarded to the Marlon
County Construction Company at a bid i
of $6.10 per lineal foot for property front- j
age and $12.50 for half-street intersec- ;
tions, making a total bid of $5,748.45.
Several resolutions for sidewalk and j
street improvements were adopted.
A resolution for the paving of the first j
alley east of Central avenue from Twenty- j
eighth to Twent-ninth street was adopted, i
A resolution for the laying of side- ;
walks, curbing and a graded lawn on !
Drexel avenue, from the first alley north I
of Michigan street to Tenth street, was j
adopted by the board.
Plans for the paving of the first nlley !
east of Ashland avenue, from Twenty- |
fifth street to Twenty-seventh street, were |
ordered.
GAS AND WATER
COMPANIES GET ORDERS.
The Indianapolis Water Company was
ordered to make an extension of their j
water mains on Blue Ridge road between |
Illinois street and Boulevard place, a dis j
tanee of t,270 feet.
The Citizens Gas Company was or i
dered td make the same extension of
their gas mains and to also make an j
extension of their mains on Guilford |
avenue from the present terminus. Forty
sixth street, a distance of 250 feet.
At a previous meeting of the board
delegations of property owners asking
for orders of extensions of water and
gas mains were told that no more work
of that nature eold be done th’i year.
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HAAGS SENTENCED;
18 MONTHS IN PRISON
$10,600 FINE ON EA CH
Given Liberty on Bonds Until Monday , De
fendants Leave Courtroom With No
Indication of Taking Appeal .
PENALTY FIXED IN 8-MINUTE SESSION
Louis E. Haag and Julius A. Haag, local druggists, today were sen
tenced to serve eighteen months In the federal prison at Atlanta, Ga., and
fines aggregating $10,600 assessed against each by Federal Judge A. B.
Anderson for unlawfully importing liquor and for conspiracy.
Judge Anderson permitted the two Haags their liberty on bond until
next Monday morning to give counsel an opportunity to decide what steps
may be taken for the Haags.
DEAD AND HURT
IN IRISH RIOTS
LIE IN STREETS
Pitched Battle of Unionists
and Sinn Feiners
Continues.
LONDON, June 23. —The pitched bat
tle at Londonderry between Sinn Fein
ers and Unionists continues and many
dead and wounded are lying in the
streets, Bald an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from the Irish city this afternoon.
No further British reinforcements had
arrived when the dispatch wag sent.
Dennis Henry, attoraey-general for
Ireland, announced In the house of com
raons today h had received a message
from Londonderry timed 10 o'clock this
morning, and that the message said all
was quiet In the city at that hour.
One person was killed and several oth
ers wounded In another outbreak of
street lighting between unionists and
! Sinn Feiners at Londonderry during thf
j night.
This fresh outburst of hostilities fol-
I lowed a brief lull Tuesday afternoon.
The fighting was particularly violent
and covered a wide area of the city.
REPORT LOOTING
RIFE AT LONDONDERRY.
Word received from Londonderry at
9:30 o'clock said that fighting was in
progress at that hour between Sinn
Feiners and Unionists from behind bar
ricaded houses mounted with sandbags.
The casualties were reported to be
heavy.
There has been much looting at Lon
donderry during the last twenty-four
hours, particularly In buildings occu
pied by saloons.
An attack against the Londonderry
college buildings was repulsed,
Irish volunteers were said to have
attacked the residential district where
many unionists live and women ana
children fled In panic.
Several buildings In the busineaa dis
trict were burned.
Sniping increased In Intensity late
Tuesday and a woman was killed.
Fires were started by bomb explosions.
British troops that were put on guard
around property owned by Unionists
were sniped continuously by hidden Sinn
Feiners.
DECLARE SITUATION
GETTING TENSE.
The reign of terror is apparently
spreading.
Armed and Irish volunteers entered
the fmy at Londonderry early today.
The Carsonltes in this city (the Union
ist followers of Sir Edward Carson) held
a meeting to debate the advisability of
marching to Londonderry to help out
the unionists.
The situation here is tense with ex
citement.
It is admitted that the whole Ulster
province is on the brink of civil war.
The temper of the Ulsterites is shown
iby the following extract from an
editorial In the Northern Whig:
“The government seems to be afflicted
with creeping paralysis.
! “If it contthues as weak as it Is at
present. Ulster men will show that they
are strong enough for the task at hand."
Gen. Cnrter Campbell has assumed
| command of the British troops at Lon-
I donderry. m
I He has slightly more than a battalion
i under his command.
But two more battalions were being
1 held In readiness in Belfast for Instant
' use.
Bicycle Rider Hurt
When Hit by Truck
When an automobile truck hit Ells
worth Walker, 18, negro, 1522 North
western avenue, he was painfully bruised
Tuesday afternoon.
Walker was riding a bicycle in front
of his own home and Martin Frey, 42,
negro, 2213 Columbia avenue, was the
driver of the auotmoblle truck.
Increase South Bend
Postoffice Force
SOUTH BEND, Ind., June 23.-Ex
traordlnary increase in the volume
of mail in the last six months has
made necessary an increase in the
working force of the South Bend
postoffice.
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Judge Anderson in passing judgment
said:
“The defendants have been found
guilty by a jury, of twenty-eight un
lawful importations of liquor and for
conspiring to violate the Reed arnend-
I ment
“They will each of them be fined S2OO
jon each of the twenty-eight counts,
j charging Importations, making $5,600.
; SENTENCED TO'
ATLANTA PRISON.
“And each of them is sentenced to
eighteen months in the Atlanta prison
and each of them is fined on the con
spiracy count ss,ooo—so that each of them
will be imprisoned in the Atlanta prison
eighteen months and each is fined
$10,600," said Judge Anderson.
Previously to the imposing of judg
ment, Attorney Milton Mangus filed a
motion asking for arrest of Judgment
and this was overruled promptly by the
court..
It Is regarded possible the Haags will
appeal yet no definite indication of this
has been given except that the record
has been protected.
After sentence was passed, the Haags
held a consultation with their attorneys
and immediately left the courtroom.
COIAT ROOM AND
HALLS CROWDED.
The court room and the corridors
I leading to the federal court were
I crowded.
After all the chairs were taken, United
States Marshal Mark Storen permitted
spectators to fill all available standing
space in the rear of the court room.
Judge Anderson took the bench at 10
o’clock this morning and retired eight
minutes later.
It is said that Judge Anderson dis
posed of the Haag case quicker than
ever he has in any other conspiracy
case.
Among the spectators were prominent
attorneys, citizens prominent in civic
affairs, well known prohibition workers,
professional men and many women in
terested in law enforcement.
GUILTY ON
ALL 28 COUNTS.
The Jury fouu 1 the Haags guilty an
all twenty-nine tut.nts yesterday n'ter
n>*>n and twenty tight of’these counts
charged that thj Haags caused 3.856 gal
lons t>f whisky, 383 gallons of wine nod
' ten gallons of gin to be transported
from ( hio, Kentucky and Illinois into
Indiana.
The final count alleged a conspiracy
to “unlawfully, wickedly, corruptly and
feloniously, conspire, confederate and
ugree together to commit an offense
against the United States of America.”
Herbert L. Hang, a nephew of the
two elder Haags, was indicted also, but
at the beginning of the trial Monday
the government noliied the charges
against him because he was a nemker
of the United States marines and haa
nothing to do with the liquor trans
portations, It was stated to the court.
In the final analysis of the case on the
part of counsel for the defense as well
as for the government, it was agreed
that the only question for the Jury to de
termine was whether the liquor was
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WILSON URGES
HASTY DECISION
Libor Heads Think Awards
May Halt Strike.
WASHINGTON, June 23.—President
Wilson today sent a telegram to Judge
Barton, chairman of the railroad labor
board, urging him to etxpedite the award
of the board in wage controversies now
before It.
Wilson’s action was taken during an
Increase In the unauthorized strike on
the railroads In the east and the fear
of railroad brotherhoods that a general
tleup would result unless the award of
the board was hastened.
Frequent conferences between railroad
officials and brotherhood officials pre
ceded the dispatch of Wilson's message,
the text of which was not made public
here.
The strike situation was first put to
the president yesterday by Secretary of
interior Payne, who is also acting di
rector general of railroads.
After seeing Wilson, however, Payne
expressed doubt that Wilson would take
any action on the strike.
When Ponk. vice president of the Rail
way Trainmen, today talked to Payne
and later to Tumulty at the whltehouse.
It Is understood he told them that switch
men In the yards at Brunswick and Cum
berland, Md., had failed to report for
work, and that the Baltimore situation,
which he believed settled yesterday, had
grown worse.
CHICAGO, June 23.—-“lmpatience of
parties concerned" Is causing a delay in
decision of the railroad labor board,
Judge R. Barton, chairman, declared to
day.
"We are giving our best efforts to this
gigantic task," he said.
“It invokes ffie fixing of hundreds of
scales and tables and It is a difficult and
confusing Job.”
Judge Barton declared the decision is
in sight but he' could not say definitely
whether It would be "this week or the
following week.”
WASHINGTON, June 23 Switchmen
failed to report for work at Brunswick
end Cumberland, Md., today.
The men at Baltimore who xvere ex
pected t.o return to work yesterday also
have remained out.
PHILADELPHIA, June 23.—Freight
sorevlee on roads entering Philadelphia
was 75 per cent normal today, railroud
officials announced.
Strike leaders predicted the big walk
out will come Friday.
The total number of men out hers
was estimated at 2,000.
WILMINGTON, Del., June 23.—Rail
load men who participated in the walk
out which began here last Saturday have
nil returned to work.
SYRACUSE, N. Y„ June 23—Factory
employes familiar with switching today
volunteered, their services in moving
freight In the yards here to take the
place of striking switchmen. .
A total of 316 men were on strife*.
NO. 37.